Around 40 volunteers spent a morning scouring the beach between the pier and the Ship pub.

Families, members of Saltburn 500 Club and surfers all kept their eyes peeled to fill around 20 bin bags from 10am until 12pm on Saturday.

Jennifer Terry, 62, a Saltburn resident who works for the Adopt-a-Beach project, said the clean-up was a success.

“It went very well,” she said. “There’s a large number of people who have been involved over the years and this time we had some new people and some old.

“The volunteers, especially the children, enjoyed it. It also helped that it was a nice day.”

Among the usual litter, volunteers found a tyre, a large piece of metal and thousands of cotton buds and bottle tops.

This latest litter pick follows a 10-year study by the Adopt-a-Beach project which finds that their efforts are gaining success, with less sewage landing on Saltburn beach, but more litter is being dropped.

“Sewage-related waste is declining, but litter has increased, particularly drinks bottles and cans and fast-food wrappers,” said organiser Chris Terry, from Adopt-a-Beach.